Lucas Pusineri

Lucas Pusineri

Personal information
Full name	Lucas Andrés Pusineri Bignone
Date of birth	(1976-07-16) July 16, 1976
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1999	Almagro	67	(20)
1999–2002	San Lorenzo	61	(11)
2002–2003	Independiente	32	(10)
2003–2004	FC Saturn	9	(4)
2004–2005	Independiente	38	(6)
2006	River Plate	8	(0)
2007–2010	Independiente	70	(3)
2010–2011	Platense
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:59, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Pusineri and the second or maternal family name is Bignone.

Lucas Andrés Pusineri Bignone (born 16 July 1976 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a midfielder and had success in San Lorenzo and Independiente.

Footballing career

Pusineri started his professional football career in 1998 with a local club in Almagro, he had an impressive season of scoring 11 goals in 29 games, he was quickly signed by San Lorenzo where he helped the club to win the Clausura 2001 championship.

During his three years with Club Atletico San Lorenzo de Almagro, Pusineri made 61 appearances and scored 11 goals. In 2002, Pusineri was snapped up by Independiente, where he played a part in their championship season in Apertura 2002. In 2003 he moved to Russian Premier League side FC Saturn. After failing to make any impact on European soil, Pusineri decided to move back to Independiente in season 2004/2005.

In 2006, Pusineri was signed by Daniel Passarella, who took over from Reinaldo Merlo as the manager of River Plate but returned once again to Independiente in 2007.

Honours

San Lorenzo

• Primera División (1): 2001 Clausura
• Copa Mercosur (1): 2001

Independiente

• Primera División (1): 2002 Apertura

External links

• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics